Posted on 10/26/2004 3:01:28 PM PDT by Lindykim
FROM CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA Philadelphia Chooses 'Gays' Over God Is the city trying to tell us that homosexuality is good and Christianity is evil? Commentary Lee Duigon
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Isaiah 5:20
Consider these Philadelphia news stories in chronological order.
1. July: The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. launches a multimillion-dollar ad campaign on cable TV to attract homosexual tourists to the city. The ads depict Betsy Ross sewing a "rainbow flag" (the emblem of organized homosexuality), two men in colonial costume enjoying a romantic interlude, and rave reviews of Philadelphia's "gay night life."
2. August: "Gay Day" at the ol' ballpark, in this case Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies. When Christians protest peacefully by displaying banners, they're ejected from the park. And the crowd cheers when two men hop onto the field and smooch.
3. October 10: Philadelphia police arrest 11 Christians for committing the "hate crime" and "riot" of singing hymns near a homosexual "Outfest." The Christians have been charged with a laundry list of felonies, some of which carry prison penalties. Described by Philadelphia authorities as members of a "criminal conspiracy," the Christians sang the hymns to protest – peacefully, nonviolently – a city-sanctioned "Coming Out Day" for homosexuals. Is the city of Philadelphia trying to tell us that homosexuality is good and Christianity is evil?
Something's going on here. Would you believe Philadelphia is one of very few major media markets in America whose list of top ten-rated radio stations doesn't include a Christian station? San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Boston each feature two Christian stations among their top ten. Even San Francisco! But not Philadelphia. (See www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings.)
A house divided against itself cannot stand. It seems Philadelphia has chosen sides: big-money and organized sodomy over the Word of God. Well, at least we know where Philadelphia stands.
Someday, sooner than you think, the whole country will have to choose. Biblical Christianity and Gay-topia cannot live under the same roof. If the one is right, the other must be wrong. Each of these worldviews excludes the other.
These events in Philadelphia give us a foretaste of what that choice will look like – Christians carted off in paddy wagons, punished for expressing their faith in public – if America chooses to support the homosexual movement.
Lee Duigon is a Christian freelance writer who writes periodically for Concerned Women for America's Culture & Family Institute and whose work can be seen regularly on www.chalcedon.edu. Concerned Women for America 1015 Fifteenth St. N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: (202) 488-7000 Fax: (202) 488-0806 E-mail: mail@cwfa.org CLICK HERE FOR CWA Back to Table of Contents
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